Light transport jet crew and high wing cessna had an near midair collision in apa class D airspace.

Attributes
ACN	542503
Time
Date	200203
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : apa.airport
State Reference	CO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 7700 msl bound upper : 8000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : d01.tracon tower : apa.tower
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : apa.tower
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 5800 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	542503
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 200 vertical : 50
Supplementary
Problem Areas	FAA ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

Departed runway 17L at apa. Given right turn to 8000 ft, heading 4300 degrees. In the turn, climbing through 7700 ft MSL, saw high wing single engine (C172?) converging, heading northbound. Rolled right, closed throttles, dropped nose to avoid. Reported to denver departure. No TA received. No TA from centennial tower before handoff to center. Reported incident to departure controller.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LTT JET CREW AND HIGH WING CESSNA HAD AN NMAC IN APA CLASS D AIRSPACE.

Narrative: DEPARTED RWY 17L AT APA. GIVEN R TURN TO 8000 FT, HDG 4300 DEGS. IN THE TURN, CLBING THROUGH 7700 FT MSL, SAW HIGH WING SINGLE ENG (C172?) CONVERGING, HDG NBOUND. ROLLED R, CLOSED THROTTLES, DROPPED NOSE TO AVOID. RPTED TO DENVER DEP. NO TA RECEIVED. NO TA FROM CENTENNIAL TWR BEFORE HDOF TO CTR. RPTED INCIDENT TO DEP CTLR.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.